Hand operated cigarette making machine



Nov. 20, 1934. E. w. BRUNTON HAND OPERATED CIGARETTE MAKING MACHINE Filed Sept. 19, 1931 Patented Nov. 20, 1934 I ultra stares PATENT op ics HAND OPERATE-D CIGARETTE MAKING I MACHINE Earl W. Brunton, St. Louis, Mo., assignor of onehalf -to -Martin -L. Medart, St. Louis, Mo.

Application September119, 1931,.Serial No. 563,781

10 Claims. 131- 5) This invention relates to improvements in a gage in the recesses 17, one of which is formedsin hand operated cigarette making machine andhas the upper edge of each of "the side walls 3 of the for its primary object to providea'mac'h'ine which receptacle. (Securely fixed on one of the shaftv I is simple and efficient in its operation. ends 12 of the roller 13,-is a turning handle 18 and 5 ,Another object of the invention is to provide the secured to each leg 60):" the lever 7 is a retractile 6.6; machine with an endless apron by which the tocoil spring 19, each of'saidrspr-ings at theiroppobacco for each cigarette is molded and subsequentsite ends being secured to respective side walls 1y secured and wrapped within a required cigaof the receptacle 1. ,i I rette paper. Supported on each sidewall 3 .of t-hereceptacle, A'further object of the invention is in providing adjacent the top thereof isa ishaftyend 20 of a 65 a machine having anendless apron and a pair of roller 21 which :is parallelly disposed to the roller cooperating rollers and means cooperable with one 1 1,.and .inountedover 'said rollers 21 d 1 1 an of the rollers whereby the apron can' be positioned endless apron 2-2 and-disposedin -.the receptacle '1 for receiving a quantity of tobacco and subsebetweenthe side walls 3 thereof is @a partition 23 M l y p i d f r m ldin thetoba 'in'ci which is inclined from one side of the roller 20 7,0' rette form for s ur n t pap pp r th downwardly to the "adjacent end wall 2 thereby on and for further positioning the saidroller for' formine2a receiving pocket 24 in the receptacle, discharging the cigarette. I In thefoperation'of this improved machine for A still further-object of the'invention is'in promaking, cigarettes cigarette tobacco may be 0 Viding the machine with mea s hdld she placed inrthereceptacle 1 so-as-to-be-convenientto 7.5. apron p fi for receiving the tobacco D the operator and the lever 7 is-swungnn the shattp fi y to ma a ette. Stotheposition shown i-n-Fig. -l and maybe held- Other and further objects will appear i t in this positionby the securing member 15 .havspecification and be specifically pointed out in the ing the crosspoitibn 1:6 thereof enga ed i th 25- eppended Claims, reference being :held 110 0 recesses 17. In this heldQposition of the lever 7,, ac. eempanying r w x mplify the inv o theroller ll 11s gparite d at a considerable distance and in which: from therfixed'roller 21 by reason of the roller 11-1 Figure 1 is a side elevation of this improved bejngcarrjed by {he lever 7 This parted 1- Cigarette making machine tion of the rollers 11 and 2lprovides'ingress to the {Figure 2 is a p View Of 7 pocket A formedhy the looselydepending apron S i 3 is a w Of a e y' 22 so that .-a quantity 'of tobaccc'can be placed in the mac showing the mechanisms in D thepocketiA. Aftera"desired'quantity of tobacco 19 for forming melding the Cigarette. has been inserted in athe pocleet A, the securing.

F gu 4 is a flegmente-ry'view iglever 15 is released from the recesses 17 and the as but wi th ha s in e fli r eperlever 7 :is acted on by the springs 19 and the en ated position for dis a ging a Cigaret e after 1313- roller :11 -is thus moved to a position adjacent the made roller 21 as shown in Fig. 3 and in which theshaft Referring by numerals 130 t e a p y ends 10 of said roller 11 will rest-in respective aw g, 1 designates an p 1 receptacle 111W notches 25, oneof which is formed in the :upper 4 ing end Walls 2, side walls 3 and a bottom 4 and edge f each Side 1,1 3 disposed transversely in said receptacle and sup e shafhends m themuer llengageand ported in the side walls 3 is a shaft 5, said *sha'ft rest in the notches 5 the m 9 in t lever 7 having protruding ends and mounted on each permit further movement of the lever 7 so that rotrudi end of said shaft erelrespeetive'llees thefriction roller -13 willbe brought into contact 6 of an inverted U'shaped member e in with 'the apron on the roller ll. In this position 10.0

the form of a leVeT- and as shown in Fig. .3, when the handle -18 is Intermediately formed on each leg 6 is an ear turned in a right, hand direction, t friction 3 having a Slot 9 and mmlnted in each Slot is the roller'la:wilhcausethe apron 22 to be fed between shaft end 10 of a horizontally disposed roller 11 it and the Toner 11 thereby travehing t apron and engaged in each leg 6 adjacent the ears 3 and the roller 21 and the tobacco in the pocket A '95 is a shaft end 12 of a friction driving roller 13, 111 he revolved t a neatly formed 11 said 01 13 p ng the roller 11. After the tobacco in the pocket A has been Swingingly engaged on each shaft end 12 of the formed into a roll by a few turns of the handle 18, roller 13 is a leg 14 of a U-shaped securing mema cigarette wrapping paper B preferably having 5-ber 15, the cross portion 16 being adapted to ena dampened gummed edge is then inserted in the wardly thereby parting the rollers 11 and 21 to a position in which the apron 22 will become approximately taut thus quickly elevating the cigarette from its pocketed position and by reason of the roller 11 being disposed on a plane above the roller 21, when the lever '7 is downwardly pressed as shown in Fig. 4, the cigarette will be discharged down the inclined partition 23 into the pocket 24.

In operating the lever 7 for discharging the cigarette after it has been made, it will be necessary for the operator to elevate the lever 15 so that it will override the recesses 17 in the side walls 3. t i

Attention is further directed to the slots 9 formed in the ears 8 of the lever 7 which permits play or looseness of the shaft 10 of the roller 11, said slots permitting the roller 11 to be forced somewhat to one side while engaging the tobacco in the pocket A when the lever 7 is in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and further, in

the event that a greater quantity of tobacco is placed in'the pocket thanis ordinarily placed therein, the slots 9 will permit a certain amount of yield to the roller 11 for accommodating the larger quantity of tobacco in the pocket A of the apron 22. Also, the movement permitted the shaft 10 of the roller 11 in the slots 9, permits the operator to regulate the tension on the apron 22 and the roller 11 for providing a smoothqfeedingin-action' on the cigarette paper B. 1.

The roller 13 is preferablyv made of rubber or' other analogous material and if desired'all of the rollers 11, 13 and 21 may be made of rubber orrubber coating for better frictionalengagement with the apron 22. r

In order to prevent portions of tobacco projecting from one end of the cigarette which may be termed the mouth end, a cylindrical plug shown at C in Figs. 2 and 3 may be inserted'inone end of the apron pocket A for abutting one end of the tobacco quantity when tobacco is placed in the pocket and consequently when a cigarette paper B is fed around the tobacco roll in the pocket, one edge of the paper will overengage the plug and obviously when the cigarette is discharged from the machine a countersunk or depression will be found to be formed in one end thus preventing the tobacco ends from protruding from this particular end of the cigarette. I

While one illustrative embodiment of the invention has been described in detail, it is. not my intention to limit its scope to that particular embodiment or otherwisethan by the terms of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A cigarette making machine comprising a lever, a roller carried by said lever, a second roller having a fixed mounting, an apron mounted over said rollers, and travelling means for said apron carried by said lever adjacent said first mentioned roller.

2. A cigarette making machine comprising a lever, a roller carried by said lever, a second roller having a fixed mounting, an apron mounted over said rollers, said lever when operated adapted to flex said apron for providing a tobacco receiving pocket therein, and means carried by said lever adjacent said first mentioned roller for travelling said apron in its pocket formed position.

3. A cigarette making machine comprising a lever, a roller carried by said lever, a turning 35 element carried by said lever beyond the pivot thereof for operating said roller, a second roller having a fixed mounting, and an apron mounted over said rollers, said lever adapted to be moved and cause said apron to flex for providing a tobacco receiving pocket thereon. v

4. A cigarette making machine comprising a I lever, a roller carried by said lever, a turning eleheld relative to said other roller forfiexing said 106 apron to provide a larger or smaller tobacco receiving pocket therein, and driving means for said apron cooperable with said resiliently held roller.-

6. A cigarette making machine comprising a pair of rollers, an apron mounted over said rollers,- 11 0 one of said rollers having a mounting for permitting sliding of the roller axis therein, a lever, for

the support of said slidable roller, and means for travelling said apron carried by said lever.

7. A cigarettemaking machine comprising a pair of rollers one of which is fixed and. the other of which is movable, a-leverfor the support of .said movable roller, an apron mounted over said having a fixed mounting, an apron mounted over 139 said rollers, travelling means for said apron carried by said lever, and releasable means for holding said lever in retractile position. 7

10. A cigarette making machine comprising a frame, a lever pivoted to said frame, a roller carried by said lever, a second roller having a fixed mounting, an apron mounted over said rollers,

travelling means for said apron carried by said lever, and means cooperable with said lever and said frame for holding said lever in a retracted 1 position.

EARL W. BRUNTON. 

